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Sleepers

Year:

1996

Duration:

147 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Barry Levinson

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1996-10-18

Filming Locations: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $44,000,000

Opening Weekend: $12,305,745 (USA) (20 October 1996)

Gross: $53,300,852 (USA) (26 January 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brad Pitt

Sleepers

Jason Patric

Sleepers

Jeffrey Donovan

Sleepers

James Pickens Jr.

Sleepers

Kevin Bacon

Sean Nokes

Billy Crudup

Tommy Marcano

Robert De Niro

Father Bobby

Ron Eldard

John Reilly

Minnie Driver

Carol Martinez

Vittorio Gassman

King Benny

Dustin Hoffman

Danny Snyder

Terry Kinney

Ralph Ferguson

Bruno Kirby

Shakes' Father

Frank Medrano

Fat Mancho

Joseph Perrino

Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra

Brad Renfro

Young Michael Sullivan

Geoffrey Wigdor

Young John Reilly

Jonathan Tucker

Young Tommy Marcano

Peter Appel

Boyfriend

Joseph Attanasio

Male Juror

Gerry Becker

Forensics Expert

Casandra Brooks

Young John Reilly's Mother

William K. Butler

Juanito

Eugene Byrd

Rizzo

Rose Caiola

Juror

Pasquale Cajano

Superintendent

Robert W. Castle

Priest

John Di Benedetto

Tony

Drew Eliot

Business Man #1

Reuben Larry Elliot

Business Man #2

George Georgiadis

Hot Dog Vendor

Marco Greco

Waiter

Saverio Guerra

Man #1

Don Hewitt

James Caldwell

Ben Hammer

Judge Weisman

Paul Herman

Court Bailiff

Frank Inzerillo

Hanging Man

Lennie Loftin

Adam Styler

Chuck Low

Dance Judge

Peter Mahoney

Priest #2

Ruth Maleczech

Woman at Subway Station

Juan Maria Jr.

Davy

Danny Mastrogiorgio

Nick Davenport

Mary B. McCann

Sister Carolyn

Pat McNamara

Guard

Peter McRobbie

Lawyer

Conrad Meertins Jr.

Inmate #2

Gina Menza

Jury Forewoman

Dash Mihok

K.C.

Michael P. Moran

Judge #1

Rocco Musacchia

Salvatore

Mick O'Rourke

Man in Tub

Carmine Parisi

King Benny's Boy

Wendell Pierce

Little Caesar

Salvatore Paul Piro

Mimi

Monica Polito

Young Carol

Angela Rago

Shakes' Mother

Sean Patrick Reilly

Young King Benny

Peter Rini

Frank Magcicco

Larry Romano

Man #2

Gayle Scott

Confessional Woman

Tom Signorelli

Confessional Man

John Slattery

Fred Carlson

Henry Stram

Prison Doctor

Ralph Tabakin

Warden

Mary Testa

Nun

Jenique Torres

Davy's Sister

Patrick Tull

Jerry the Bartender

Aida Turturro

Mrs. Salinas

Joe Urla

Carson

Zachary Ansley

Burly Man

Michael J. Burg

Court Officer

Maria Deasy

Marine Widow

Peter Gerety

Juvenile Lawyer

Justin Halliwell

Kid in Cafeteria

Michael Harkins

Fat Mancho's Buddy #1

Matthew Hoffman

Neighborhood Boy

Billy Malone

Wiseguy

James Rosin

Neighborhood Man

Todo Segalla

Lawyer

Anthony Sinopoli

Receiving Communion

Barry Squitieri

Juror

Kevin Richard Sullivan

Boy in Cafeteria

George Vincent

Pallbearer

Did you know?

Trivia

Kevin Bacon never actually met his co-stars Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman during the production because of the logistics of the shoot.

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This was Billy Crudup's film debut.

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In the end of the movie they sing the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song "Walk Like a Man". In the scene where Shakes is in Carol's home (at around 1h 17 mins) he is picking up a record from the shaft of that same single.

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Goofs

The flag of Greece being displayed on the hot dog cart when the boys try to steal it was only adopted by Greece in 1978. At the time of the movie, the flag of Greece was made of a single white cross on blue background.

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Michael's cigarette swaps sides when hugging at the end.

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Near the end of the film, when DeNiro's character hands the basketball tickets to Pitt's character in court, Pitt reaches for the ticket twice.

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Quotes

Lorenzo: [after handing Detective Davenport surveillance photos and proof that Adam Styler's a crooked cop] So, you got enough for conviction?

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Lorenzo: [narrating] Hell's Kitchen was a place of innocence ruled by corruption.

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Danny Snyder: Did you observe these experiences?

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Faq

Is the film based on a true story?

Author Lorenzo Carcaterra has claimed that his book on which the film is based was a true story of his childhood. When the New York legal community went on record stating that no cases resembling the events of his book could be found in any court records, Carcaterra refused to discuss the discrepancy. His claims have been neither proven or disproven.

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